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The Transistor

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A transistor is made of a solid piece of a semiconductor material and either used as switches, to turn electronic signals on or off – or, as amplifiers.
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The Nobel Prize

The 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the invention of the transistor.
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The Transistor in a Century of Electronics

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MLA style: "The Transistor". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 15 Sep 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/physics/transistor/>

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